Obligatory Broca's area modulation associated with passive speech perception. Export

@article{citeulike:4414621, abstract = {Broca's area is crucial for speech production. Several recent studies have suggested that it has an additional role in visual speech perception. This conclusion remains tenuous, as earlier studies used tasks requiring active processing of visual speech movements, which may have elicited conscious subvocalizations. To study whether Broca's area is modulated during passive viewing of speech movements, we conducted a functional MRI experiment where participants detected rare and brief visual targets that were briefly superimposed on two task irrelevant conditions: passive viewing of silent speech versus nonspeech (gurning) facial movements. Comparison revealed Broca's area to be more active when observing speech. These findings provide further support for Broca's area in speech perception and have clear implications for rehabilitation of aphasia.}, author = {Turner, T. H. and Fridriksson, J. and Baker, J. and Eoute, D. and Bonilha, L. and Rorden, C.}, citeulike-article-id = {4414621}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0b013e32832940a0}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19238107}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19238107}, day = {25}, doi = {10.1097/WNR.0b013e32832940a0}, issn = {1473-558X}, journal = {Neuroreport}, keywords = {jc-neuroreport}, month = {March}, number = {5}, pages = {492--496}, posted-at = {2009-04-28 08:30:49}, priority = {2}, title = {Obligatory Broca's area modulation associated with passive speech perception.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0b013e32832940a0}, volume = {20}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4414621 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4414621 N2 - Broca's area is crucial for speech production. Several recent studies have suggested that it has an additional role in visual speech perception. This conclusion remains tenuous, as earlier studies used tasks requiring active processing of visual speech movements, which may have elicited conscious subvocalizations. To study whether Broca's area is modulated during passive viewing of speech movements, we conducted a functional MRI experiment where participants detected rare and brief visual targets that were briefly superimposed on two task irrelevant conditions: passive viewing of silent speech versus nonspeech (gurning) facial movements. Comparison revealed Broca's area to be more active when observing speech. These findings provide further support for Broca's area in speech perception and have clear implications for rehabilitation of aphasia. IS - 5 JF - Neuroreport SN - 1473-558X EP - 496 TI - Obligatory Broca's area modulation associated with passive speech perception. VL - 20 SP - 492 KW - jc-neuroreport AU - Turner, TH AU - Fridriksson, J AU - Baker, J AU - Eoute, D AU - Bonilha, L AU - Rorden, C PY - 2009/03/25/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/WNR.0b013e32832940a0 ER -